Like many of my prop and cosplay builds, the seed for the Skyrim Elven Dagger prop build was planted with a moment of idle thought. “That Orcish Dagger looks a bit lonely” my notoriously troublesome internal monologue concluded. It was but a matter of moments before I...

I’m perfectly willing to accept that I have a predilection to sci-fi gun props. The downside of this vice however is that my prop collection can look a bit like a shady armoury from a cyber-punk b-movie. So when I made the Orcish dagger a few weeks ago it became...

Like many so many of history’s greatest stories, our journey today begins in tragedy. Ok, tragedy is a bit of an exaggeration. But if you want to know how I build this ray gun prop from a £1 shop toy you’re going to have to put up with my bullshit. After ham-fistedly...

When the opportunity arises to earn ‘husband points’ I am usually smart enough to heed the call. Over the weekend I was offered one of those opportunities, and unlike the usual DIY, or housework related requests, this one was fun! My Wife runs a Brownie unit (Girl...

This Summer I have made the same mistake on two different builds. Yes, on two separate occasions, I’ve glued a piece on upside down. This is what we in the industry call radically moronic. We’ve all been there. You’re a long way into a project. You’ve overcome all the...